Johnny Carson called Sea Tow after a mechanical breakdown immobilized his yacht off southern California.
Johnny Carson, then king of late-night TV, jocularly warned of an impending shortage in toilet paper.
His firm has worked with entertainers including Johnny Carson, Frank Sinatra, Joan Rivers and Robin Williams.
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Johnny Carson and David Letterman went after Flutie, too, but he turned down both shows--no time.
Well, this wisecrack was lobbed by Johnny Carson in a monologue that aired nearly 50 years ago.
Earlier this week Johnny Carson, the late legend of late-night TV, took to the airwaves yet again.
"That just shows the tremendous clout Johnny Carson had throughout his career, " says television historian Walter J.
Johnny Carson moved the show there four decades ago to take advantage of Hollywood-based guests and Southern California's lifestyle.
The network used the same strategy when handing the show over to Leno from Johnny Carson, its previous host.
Johnny Carson, Tony Curtis and Cary Grant were members, according to Castle officials.
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Leno, who took over "Tonight" from Johnny Carson in 1992, did not respond Wednesday to a request for comment.
" compliments a Welles reading of "Hamlet" on "The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson.
Talkshow host Johnny Carson, a DeLorean investor, was among the first to be seen pootling around LA in his DMC-12.
That was somewhat surprising for a company that used mostly male celebrities like Joe Namath and Johnny Carson in the past.
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Hanging out at Malibu, mostly, hoping to bump into Johnny Carson. (So far, he hasn't.) He's also been writing his autobiography.
Over his 30-year career, Johnny Carson gently ribbed his corporate bosses on "The Tonight Show, " referring to parent company General Electric Co.
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He acknowledged, however, that "Tonight" is "not the cash cow it was in the Johnny Carson days, " although he said it was still profitable.
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And earlier this year, Dave celebrated his 30th anniversary in late night television -- the only person to reach that milestone besides Johnny Carson.
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Johnny Carson sidekick Ed McMahon is also having real estate troubles.
In 1967, Johnny Carson quit "The Tonight Show" on this night.
There have been many wonderful hosts of the Oscars, but when you look at the big three it's really Bob Hope, Johnny Carson, and Billy Crystal.
DeLorean decamped to create a vehicle that he hoped would herald a new era of American-branded cars, tapping high-profile investors like Johnny Carson and Sammy Davis Jr.
Like a lot of us, I grew up watching Johnny Carson every night and the chance to one day sit in that chair has meant everything to me.
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Johnny Carson's gift was that he seemed startled by sophistication.
Although it's been on the air for almost 60 years, "The Tonight Show" has had just a handful of regular hosts: Steve Allen, Jack Paar, Johnny Carson, Leno and O'Brien.
At one point, when Johnny Carson was considering retiring as host of "The Tonight Show, " Dawson was considered as a replacement, and hosted the show for a week, Gary Dawson said.
Rivers, who became host of Fox's "The Late Show" in 1986 after filling in as the sole regular guest host on Johnny Carson's "Tonight, " calls the lack of female hosts "beyond" frustrating.
He barely mentions a New Yorker series written towards the end of his life: long profiles of vivid characters he admired, such as Mel Brooks, Johnny Carson, Ralph Richardson and Tom Stoppard.
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